In the era of big data, the sizes of samples to be evaluated are expanding, but this situation also hinders the use of data envelopment analysis models. Furthermore, only efficient decision-making units (DMUs) can be used to evaluate the efficiency of DMUs. Thus, finding these efficient DMUs has...

The widespread replacement of gross receipt tax (GRT) with value-added tax (VAT) is an important phenomenon in the past half-century. Theory predicts that such tax reforms reduce vertical integration, increase production efficiency, and improve industrial structure. We exploit the tax reform...

This study aims to measure the productivity and factors which affect the productivity of Islamic life insurance companies in Indonesia for the 2014-2019 periods.This study employed a Two-Stage Malmquist Productivity Index. The first stage was to measure productivity using the Malmquist...

This paper examines the effect of new medical technology (robotic surgery) on efficiency gains and productivity changes for surgical treatment in patients with prostate cancer. We consider three interrelated surgical technologies within the English National Health System: robotic, laparoscopic...

Firms, especially Chinese manufacturing firms, invest significant resources in innovation activities to sustain their position in the intensifying competitive environment. However, innovation efficiency has led to growing concerns due to the rapid increase in R&D expenditures. The purpose of...

In the economics literature, measuring the performance of a dairy farm with a total productivity index is common practice. Previous research, on the other hand, has been chastised for failing to account for agricultural emissions in their models when calculating resource use productivity. This...

Understanding how and the extent to which contract farming arrangements impact agricultural productivity is important to ensuring that policies are designed to maximize the likelihood of success. Using cross-sectional data from 516 soybean farmers in Northern Ghana, we provide empirical evidence...

Ports form important links in the overall trade chain and act as driving forces for marine economic development. However, the operation of ports also has certain difficulties and challenges that port operators need to overcome. As such, this research aims to measure the performance efficiency of...